{"id":5949,"date":"2017-07-26T13:40:40","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T08:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weblizar.com\/?p=5949"},"modified":"2025-08-06T14:21:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T08:51:50","slug":"edit-delete-order-magento-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weblizar.com\/blog\/edit-delete-order-magento-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Edit And Delete Order In Magento 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Working with Magento 2 is pretty exciting, with so many functionalities to explore and leverage. In terms of order management, Magento 2 offers a very simplified and effective workflow that helps businessmen manage their orders\u2019 lifecycle without trouble. And to minimize the troubles even more, let’s learn how to edit and delete order in Magento 2.<\/p>\n

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As a part of your business routine, you will encounter several orders where you will need to make a lot of changes and even cancel them. In some case, you will have sales orders that would be better off deleted from the system. In this guide, we will explain how you can handle these requirements in Magento 2.<\/p>\n

Editing A Sales Order in Magento 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

Did the customer change his mind? Ran out of stock for a product? Has there been a sudden price change? There could be dozens of reasons for you to edit sales order details. However, default Magento 2 options only offer you the flexibility of changing the Address details in the orders. Apart from this, you can mark sales orders as Cancelled. This is useful but doesn\u2019t let you make as many edits as you might need to, considering the complicated realities of real business.<\/p>\n

To edit order information, go to the Admin Panel of Magento 2, and go to the Sales Order tab. This gives you an overview of the orders. Click on View for the order in which you want to make a change. Once in the order, you\u2019ll observe that there\u2019s a button called \u2018edit\u2019 next to the billing information and shipping information. Click on Edit to change the shipping address; note that you\u2019ll need to specify the shipping method again once you do this. Also, if the customer\u2019s payment method is \u2018credit card\u2019, you\u2019ll need to enter the entire information again.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s clear; Magento 2\u2019s basic order editing features are limited, and not exactly convenient. Also, we talked about how you might need to delete sales orders in some cases.\u00a0 Well, you can easily delete order in Magento 2<\/a>, in case you don\u2019t want to proceed with them. These could be orders created for quick testing, abandoned orders, or orders discontinued because of any reasons. However, there\u2019s no built in option to let you delete sales orders. What\u2019s the solution then? The answer \u2013 special extensions for editing and deleting sales orders or a fully functional Magento e-commerce\u00a0theme<\/a> to support your cause.<\/p>\n

Editing and Deleting Orders in Magento 2 Using Extensions<\/strong><\/p>\n

The great thing about Magento 2 is that you have extensions for pretty much everything you want, and order editing\/deletion is no different. There are dozens of free and premium extensions that you can install to add the functionality of order editing (extensive) and order deletion to Magento 2.<\/p>\n

These extensions generally work by providing you a button, or a dashboard option to select the orders you wish to edit. For instance, you can expect an order editing extension to:<\/p>\n